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SCABIOSA CAUCASICA 



SCABIOSA 



Handsome border plants, succeeding 



in any ordinary soil if well drained 



and in a sunny location, and should be 



grown in every garden where cut flow- 

 ers are wanted; they last a long time 



when picked and placed in water. 



Caucasica {Blue Bonnet). A soft 

 and charming shade of lavender, and 

 commences to bloom in June, throw- 

 ing stems 18 to 24 inches high until 

 September. (See cut.) 



— Alba. A pure white variety. 



Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, in bloom from July to Septem- 

 ber; 2 feet. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



SEMPERVIVUM (House Leek) 



Peculiarly interesting plant for the rockery or for any exposed, 

 well-drained position. We can furnish six distinct varieties at 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Set of 6 for 

 75 cts. 



SENECIO (Groundsel) 



Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up 

 from July to October, a succession of 2-feet high stems, with 

 clusters of brilliant rosy-purple flowers, of good size. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



SHORTIA 



Galaclfolia. A rare and handsome dwarf evergreen, with 

 bronzy-green foliage. Requires a shady position and a soil 

 made up mostly of leaf-mould. The flowers are pure white, 

 about an inch across, each on a stiff, wiry stem, and turn pink 

 with age. 25 cts. each. 



SEDUM (Stone-crop) 



DWARF VARIETIES 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, covering of graves, etc. 

 Acre ( Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; foliage green; 



flowers bright yellow. 

 Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 

 Ewersi. Pink flowers; August and September. 

 Kamtschaticum. Deep green foliage; yellow flowers in June; 8 



inches. 



Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 



Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage; bright pink flowers in 



August and September. 

 Stahli. Compact species with crimson-tinted foliage in autumn. 

 Stolonifera. One of the most desirable; flat succulent leaves; flowers 



purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 

 Spuriuitl. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. 

 — Coccinutn. A beautiful crimson-flowered form. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



ERECT OR TALL-GROWING VARIETIES 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their interesting flow- 

 ers during late summer and fall. 



Japonicum Macrophyllum. Forms 

 compact bushes 15 inches high, with pleas- 

 ing waxy-white flowers, with light pink 

 centres. 



Maximum Atropurpureum. Interest- 

 ing on account of its dark bronzy -purple 

 foliage; 15 inches. 



Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect- 

 growing species, attaining a height of 18 

 inches, with broad light green foliage and 

 immense heads of handsome showy rose- 

 colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall- 

 blooming plant. 



— " Brilliant." A rich colored form of 

 the preceding, being a bright amaranth- 

 red. 



Price, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 00 

 per 100. One each of the 4 sorts for 75 



cts. 



Sedum Spectabile 



We are the largest growers of Hardy Perennials in this country 



